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BETTER FRUIT 



October 



"PEARSON'S" 



(CEMENT 



WE MAKE 200 DIFFERENT SIZES. 

 SUITABLE FOR EVERY PURPOSE 



COATED) 



Honest Quality 



and 



Full Count 



have made them 



the 

 world's standard. 



Always Specify 



PEARSONS 



Accept no 

 Substitute 



Pacific Coast Agents 



UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS CO. 



San Francisco Los Angeles— Portland— Seattle 



J.C.PEARSON COMPANY, Inc., Old South Building, Boston, Mass., Sole Manufacturers 



TheHoodRiverAppleSizer 



Apple buyers and consumers are demanding standardization and uniformitj' in the 

 grading and sizing of apples. This work is usually done by hand, costing from five to 

 fifteen cents per box. The apple industry demands economy in every phase of the 

 business. Consequently an apple grower in Hood River has invented 



The Hood River Apple Sizer 



It will reduce the labor of grading and sizing from 30 to 30 per 

 cent after crop is in the apple house, making the little machine 



save $2.50 to iS.OO per day. 



The Hood River Apple Sizer 

 is simple in construction and 

 operation — with no complicated 

 machinery to get out of 

 order. It is small and 

 compact, occupying a 

 space of 41., x6 feet so it 

 can be used in any pack- 

 ing house, no 

 - . matter how 



^SbI small. With 

 ^V^B^I extra help it 

 Wf ^r" has a capaci- 

 ^ ^ tyof,5 00 



boxes perday 

 and the cost 

 of g r ad ing 

 and sizing 

 can be done 

 for 3c per 

 box. The 

 priceissolow 

 — ^ that every 

 grower, no 

 matter how small, cannot afford to be without it. ANY GROWER WITH A 1,000 

 BOX CROP CAN SAVE THE COST OF THE MACHINE IN ONE YEAR. 



FOR PARTICULARS AND PRICES 'WRITE TO 



J. F. VOLSTORFF, Hood River, Oregon 



places may be removed and the apples 

 sliced and canned for either pie filling 

 or for apple sauce. Following are the 

 recipes for thus taking care of wind- 

 fall apples: 



Whole Windfall Apples Canned — 

 Select firm, not overripe apples. A 

 great difference in the canned products 

 will be noted in the dilferent varieties 

 of apples. This recipe is intended for 

 firm and preferably tart varieties. 

 Some varieties will require less time 

 and some more. Remove blemishes, 

 cut out core. Blanch for two minutes 

 in boiling water; plunge in cold water. 

 Pack in tin cans or glass jars and add 

 .just a little very thin syrup. Put on 

 rubber and top and partially tighten. 

 (Cap and tip tins.) Sterilize twenty 

 minutes in hot-water bath, fifteen min- 

 utes in water seal, ten minutes in 

 steam-pressuie outfit, or six minutes in 

 pressure cooker. Remove jars, tighten 

 covers and invert to cool. Ai)ples canned 

 in this way make a product that is gen- 

 erally wasted available for apple sal- 

 ads, (lumidings, breakfa.st apple dishes, 

 api)le potpies and baked apples. 



Windfall Apples for Pie Filling— Peel 

 and core; slice; scald two minutes in 

 boiling water; plunge in cold water; 

 pack in glass or tin and add about one 

 teacupful of hot, thin syrup to each 

 quart; put on rubber and top, partially 

 tighten (cap and tip tins); sterilize six- 

 teen minutes in hot-water bath, twelve 

 minutes in water-seal outfit, ten min- 

 utes under five pounds of steam, or four 

 minutes in pressure cooker; remove 

 .iars, tighten cover, invert to cool. This 

 is a good method of utilizing the good 

 portions of partially decayed apples. 

 The thin syrup mentioned in these 

 recipes is made as follows: One and 

 one-half cups of sugar to one cup of 

 water, brought to boiling. 



Boy Scouts to Can Windfall Apples — 

 The Boy Scouts of Cortland, New York, 

 have rented an entire apple orchard 

 and are planning to market the good 

 fruit and to can all the windfall apples 

 in the manner described above. The 

 orchard, which is being rented for a 

 period of three years, contains 165 

 trees, most of them in good bearing. 

 Under the leadership of one of the 

 department's agents and the local scout 

 master, the boys have pledged them- 

 selves to prune, spray and cultivate the 

 orchard; to grade, crate and find a 

 market for all fresh apples, and to save 

 all possible waste by canning the wind- 

 falls, so that tlie enterprise will yield 

 maximum returns. The boys are erect- 

 ing a temporary building as headquar- 

 ters for the equipment, where they may 

 also change clothing, and grade, pack 

 and crate the fruit. 



List of Fairs, Apple Shows and Expo- 

 sitions for 1914 



New Westminster, B. C, September 28-Ocfo- 

 ber 3. 



ri.ih State Fair, Salt Lake, October 5-12. 



I'ifth Annual Apple Show, San Francisco, 

 October 1-11. 



Manufacturers' Land and Product Show, 

 Portland, October 26-November 14. 



Sixth National Apple Show, Spokane, \Vash- 

 ington, November 16-21. 



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